Public Enemy It Takes A Nation& Black Planet deluxe editions

[mudfoot]

Has anyone heard these deluxe editions that came out recently? I wonder how's the sound quality & if they've been remastered? Why did they include FIGHT THE POWER as a bonus track on IT TAKES A NATION if it's already on FEAR OF A BLACK PLANET??? It's cool that they included all of the B-sides, instrumentals, & remixes from the singles. Too bad there are no demos or unreleased tracks.

CD1-1 Countdown To Armageddon
CD1-2 Bring The Noise
CD1-3 Don't Believe The Hype
CD1-4 Cold Lampin' With Flavor
CD1-5 Terminator X To The Edge Of Panic
CD1-6 Mind Terrorist
CD1-7 Louder Than A Bomb
CD1-8 Caught, Can We Get A Witness?
CD1-9 Show Em Whatcha Got
CD1-10 She Watch Channel Zero?!
CD1-11 Night Of The Living Baseheads
CD1-12 Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos
CD1-13 Security Of The First World
CD1-14 Rebel Without A Pause
CD1-15 Prophets Of Rage
CD1-16 Party For Your Right To Fight
Bonus Tracks
CD2-1 Bring The Noise (No Noise Version)
CD2-2 Bring The Noise (No Noise Instrumental)
CD2-3 Bring The Noise (No Noise A Cappella)
CD2-4 Rebel Without A Pause (Instrumental)
CD2-5 Night Of The Living Baseheads (Anti-High Blood Pressure Encounter Mix)
CD2-6 Night Of The Living Baseheads (Terminator X Meets DST And Chuck Chill Out Instrumental Mix)
CD2-7 The Edge Of Panic
CD2-8 The Rhythm, The Rebel (A Capella)
CD2-9 Prophets Of Rage (Power Version)
CD2-10 Caught, Can We Get A Witness? (Pre Black Steel Ballistic Felony Dub)
CD2-11 B-Side Wins Again (Original Version)
CD2-12 Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos (Instrumental)
CD2-13 Fight The Power (Soundtrack Version)
Fight The Power Live DVD
DVD-1 Countdown To Armageddon
DVD-2 Public Enemy Number One
DVD-3 Miuzi Weighs A Ton
DVD-4 Night Of The Living Baseheads (Live)
DVD-5 Fight The Power
DVD-6 Bring The Noise
DVD-7 Don't Believe The Hype
DVD-8 Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos
DVD-9 Rebel Without A Pause
DVD-10 Terminator X To The Edge Of Panic
DVD-11 Night Of The Living Baseheads (Video)
DVD-12 Prophets Of Rage


1-1 Contract On The World Love Jam (Instrumental)
1-2 Brothers Gonna Work It Out
1-3 911 Is A Joke
1-4 Incident At 66.6 FM (Instrumental)
1-5 Welcome To The Terrordome
1-6 Meet The G That Killed Me
1-7 Pollywanacracka
1-8 Anti-Nigger Machine
1-9 Burn Hollywood Burn
1-10 Power To The People
1-11 Who Stole The Soul?
1-12 Fear Of A Black Planet
1-13 Revolutionary Generation
1-14 Can't Do Nuttin' For Ya Man
1-15 Reggie Jax
1-16 Leave This Off Your Fu*kin Charts (Instrumental)
1-17 B Side Wins Again
1-18 War At 33 ⅓
1-19 Final Count Of The Collision Between Us And The Damned (Instrumental)
1-20 Fight The Power
Bonus Tracks
2-1 Brothers Gonna Work It Out (Remix)
2-2 Brothers Gonna Work It Out (Dub)
2-3 Flavor Flav
2-4 Terrorbeat
2-5 Welcome To The Terrordome (Terrormental)
2-6 Can't Do Nuttin' For Ya Man (Full Rub Mix)
2-7 Can't Do Nuttin' For Ya Man (U.K. 12" Powermix)
2-8 Can't Do Nuttin' For Ya Man (Dub Mixx)
2-9 Burn Hollywood Burn (Extended Censored Fried To The Radio Version)
2-10 Anti-Nigger Machine (Uncensored Extended)
2-11 911 Is A Joke (Instrumental)
2-12 Power To The People (Instrumental)
2-13 Revolutionary Generation (Instrumental)
2-14 War At 33 1/3 (Instrumental)
2-15 Fight The Power (Soundtrack Version)
2-16 Fight The Power (Powersax)
2-17 Fight The Power (Flavor Flav Meets Spike Lee)
2-18 The Enemy Assault Vehicle Mixx (Medley)

[dirt_dog]

Has anyone heard these deluxe editions that came out recently? I wonder how's the sound quality & if they've been remastered? Why did they include FIGHT THE POWER as a bonus track on IT TAKES A NATION if it's already on FEAR OF A BLACK PLANET??? It's cool that they included all of the B-sides, instrumentals, & remixes from the singles. Too bad there are no demos or unreleased tracks.

I've heard them both. I don't really have a good ear, so I can't tell if they've been remastered or if they just increased the volume.

"Fight The Power" is a bonus on Nation because it's the the "soundtrack version" which has a different intro, is about 38 seconds longer and is quite a bit louder.

Just like all the other reissues this year, it's nice to have all those b-sides and remixes in one place and in cd quality, but nothing really new or exciting.

[dirt_dog]

Clearly, I can't read. It's a bonus track on BOTH of them. And that is stupid.

[Sigma]

"Fight The Power" is a bonus on Nation because it's the the "soundtrack version" which has a different intro, is about 38 seconds longer and is quite a bit louder.

It's also uncensored, as the album version isn't.

They're definitely not the same as the original albums in terms of sound quality.

Here's an image that compares a track from each from the OG and new versions: -

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To me, both of them haven't been well remastered. "It Takes a Nation" is considerably louder than the OG version, while "Black Planet" is a touch louder, but both of them have been over-compressed and then limited.

Here's the soundtrack version of "Fight The Power" from both albums: -

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You can see that the waveform has been squared off on both, but the version on "It Takes a Nation" is just louder. I dunno why they put the same track on both.

They don't sound terrible or anything, but unless you want the extra tracks then I wouldn't bother with them personally - and I say that as someone that bought both. Both seem to have been initially mastered with loudness in mind rather than sound quality, but then the tracks on "Black Planet" have been reduced in volume for some reason.

[Versive]

My guess is that you and several other posters on this board have more knowledge of mastering than whoever put this together. It's not like they called up the Shocklee bros. for this. Somebody at Def Jam realized they had these in the back catalog and decided to re-release them.

[Sigma]

Haha, true. They would have been better off just leaving the albums as they are and putting the extra tracks on a second disc to be honest.

[mudfoot]

This FEAR OF A BLACK PLANET promo vinyl includes an exclusive track called RADIO BEAT. Does anyone have this in their vinyl collection? Is RADIO BEAT any good?

http://www.discogs.com/Public-Enemy-Fea ... ase/429251